[Paragraph in the Con- tracts for Cannon — [undecipherable] Col[onel] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 25 December 1800] [Received [undecipherable] 2 0] [Received from State De[pt.] Nov [?] [18??] R[?]. 401810] that the aforesaid Cannon & Mortars Shall be formed agrea- bly to [undecipherable] to be furnish'd by the Secretary of War at the Expence of the Us, & Submitted to the Said —— for their approval, & it is Explicitly agreed & under Stood that no allowance Shall be made to the Said —— on acct. of Dies in the Said dra[fts] [undecipherable] that inefficient Cannon can not be rec'd & paid for althou' formed in Every —— [undecipherable] the Conformabl[y to] the Said drafts. ——